Questions raised over Wits SRC president's ANC job AN ENORMOUS conflict of interest is brewing at the heart of Wits University’s “Fees Must Fall” campaign as it emerges that the new president of the student representative council (SRC) is also an employee of the ANC.Nompendulo (Ulo) Mkatshwa, whose term began on Sunday, works as a researcher at Luthuli House when not attending lectures.However, students who voted the 22-year-old into her new position were not made aware of this side of her life when she campaigned for the SRC presidency on an array of issues. Interestingly, “no fees” was not one of them.It was her predecessor, Shaeera Kalla, who first called for fees to be abolished on October 13, and who initiated protests at the university.Little was known about Mkatshwa then, but days later she stepped into the limelight at Kalla’s side as the incoming president, eager to pick up the baton.How she now intends playing both cards over the coming 12 months, when the “Fees Must Fall”...
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